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Climbers missing on Everest after Nepal quake
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Climbers missing on Everest after Nepal quake
bb1 Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:24 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1472694/video-moment-everest-avalanche-hits-climbers
Video: Moment Everest Avalanche Hits Climbers
Footage shows the instant thousands tons of snow and ice strikes mountaineers and trekkers after a massive earthquake in Nepal.
[video]
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment an avalanche swept into Everest Base Camp after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit Nepal.
German climber Jost Kobusch was filming the lower slopes of the world's highest mountain when a mass of snow rushed in with a force described as being like a "nuclear blast".
The mountaineer is seen running for cover in his tent before being enveloped in a blanket of icy material.
Mr Kobusch is heard saying "hold on to my jacket" as the wind threatens to blow his colleague away.
Both are believed to have escaped serious injury but 18 other climbers are known to have died.
Britons Alex and Sam Chappett and Captain Tim Bradshaw were also hit by the avalanche but survived.
Sherpas with facial injuries were seen in footage arriving at hospital in Kathmandu after being flown back from Everest's slopes.
One of them, Gyelu Sherpa, said: "The snow swept away many tents and people."
Another, Bhim Bahadur Khatri, added: "We all rushed out to the open and the next moment a huge wall of snow just piled on me.
"I managed to dig out of what could easily have been my grave. I was suffocating, I could not breathe. But I knew I had to survive."
It comes as the death toll across Nepal from Saturday's quake rose to 2,500.
Concern is growing for dozens of climbers trapped high up on the mountain.
Several aftershocks caused further avalanches as a rescue attempt was in progress to airlift those injured at base camp to safety.
One of those who died was 33-year-old Google executive Dan Fredinburg.
The death toll from the avalanche made it the mountain's deadliest disaster to date.
British climber Alex Gaven, who is at Camp One, tweeted that large areas of the mountain's base camp look like they have been hit by a "nuclear blast," with "uncertainty high" among those waiting to descend to safety.
Tourism ministry officials estimating that at least 1,000 people, including some 400 foreigners, were at base camp or on the ascent to the peak as the earthquake struck.
It is not clear whether the largest aftershock - one at 6.7 magnitude - resulted in further casualties, however Captain Bradshaw, who had been leading a British Army team up the northern side of the mountain, told Sky News it felt fairly "violent and aggressive".
"All we can hear is rocks cracking around us, but unfortunately we can't see them coming ... It's pretty eerie," he said.
It is feared that a large number of climbers, including Britons, may be trapped in Everest camps 1 and 2, above base camp, with routes back down badly damaged.
One climber posted on Facebook: "There are still hundreds of people stuck on the mountain in camp 1 and 2, and eventually they will run out of fuel and food, but until a new route through Khumbu Icefall has been established there is no practical way to get people down to base camp."
Video: Moment Everest Avalanche Hits Climbers
Footage shows the instant thousands tons of snow and ice strikes mountaineers and trekkers after a massive earthquake in Nepal.
[video]
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment an avalanche swept into Everest Base Camp after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit Nepal.
German climber Jost Kobusch was filming the lower slopes of the world's highest mountain when a mass of snow rushed in with a force described as being like a "nuclear blast".
The mountaineer is seen running for cover in his tent before being enveloped in a blanket of icy material.
Mr Kobusch is heard saying "hold on to my jacket" as the wind threatens to blow his colleague away.
Both are believed to have escaped serious injury but 18 other climbers are known to have died.
Britons Alex and Sam Chappett and Captain Tim Bradshaw were also hit by the avalanche but survived.
Sherpas with facial injuries were seen in footage arriving at hospital in Kathmandu after being flown back from Everest's slopes.
One of them, Gyelu Sherpa, said: "The snow swept away many tents and people."
Another, Bhim Bahadur Khatri, added: "We all rushed out to the open and the next moment a huge wall of snow just piled on me.
"I managed to dig out of what could easily have been my grave. I was suffocating, I could not breathe. But I knew I had to survive."
It comes as the death toll across Nepal from Saturday's quake rose to 2,500.
Concern is growing for dozens of climbers trapped high up on the mountain.
Several aftershocks caused further avalanches as a rescue attempt was in progress to airlift those injured at base camp to safety.
One of those who died was 33-year-old Google executive Dan Fredinburg.
The death toll from the avalanche made it the mountain's deadliest disaster to date.
British climber Alex Gaven, who is at Camp One, tweeted that large areas of the mountain's base camp look like they have been hit by a "nuclear blast," with "uncertainty high" among those waiting to descend to safety.
Tourism ministry officials estimating that at least 1,000 people, including some 400 foreigners, were at base camp or on the ascent to the peak as the earthquake struck.
It is not clear whether the largest aftershock - one at 6.7 magnitude - resulted in further casualties, however Captain Bradshaw, who had been leading a British Army team up the northern side of the mountain, told Sky News it felt fairly "violent and aggressive".
"All we can hear is rocks cracking around us, but unfortunately we can't see them coming ... It's pretty eerie," he said.
It is feared that a large number of climbers, including Britons, may be trapped in Everest camps 1 and 2, above base camp, with routes back down badly damaged.
One climber posted on Facebook: "There are still hundreds of people stuck on the mountain in camp 1 and 2, and eventually they will run out of fuel and food, but until a new route through Khumbu Icefall has been established there is no practical way to get people down to base camp."
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Re: Climbers missing on Everest after Nepal quake
lily Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:24 pm
This is such unbelievably sad news. Was gutted to read about it.
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Re: Climbers missing on Everest after Nepal quake
bb1 Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:25 pm
Many, many casualties elsewhere in Nepal:
http://news.sky.com/story/1472355/nepal-quake-homeless-spend-second-night-in-open
People left homeless by the Nepal earthquake are spending a second night out in the open after the devastating tremor killed at least 2,500.
Mass cremations have been taking place all day as those left alive struggle to cope with the number who lost their lives.
The official death toll in the capital Kathmandu rose to 1,152 people but hundreds more are known to have died across the rest of the country after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck on Saturday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that up to 70% of houses in rural areas have been destroyed close to the epicentre in Gorkha.
Further fatalities were reported in India, Bangladesh and Tibet but there are fears the death toll will rise much further as rescue teams reach isolated areas.
More at link.
http://news.sky.com/story/1472355/nepal-quake-homeless-spend-second-night-in-open
People left homeless by the Nepal earthquake are spending a second night out in the open after the devastating tremor killed at least 2,500.
Mass cremations have been taking place all day as those left alive struggle to cope with the number who lost their lives.
The official death toll in the capital Kathmandu rose to 1,152 people but hundreds more are known to have died across the rest of the country after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck on Saturday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that up to 70% of houses in rural areas have been destroyed close to the epicentre in Gorkha.
Further fatalities were reported in India, Bangladesh and Tibet but there are fears the death toll will rise much further as rescue teams reach isolated areas.
More at link.
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